The Significance Of Sleep ‘Incompatibility’ Between Parents And Babies Research into both baby and adult sleep is plentiful. Although it isn’t essential to understand the sometimes complicated science of sleep, it does help those who find it difficult to simply ‘feel’ what might be right, or to leave it up to [...]
Sister Lilian Centre's Top Ten Tips For Treating Nappy Rash Everyone raves about how smooth and soft a baby’s bottom is; but when you open up Baby’s nappy you find red, inflamed skin and a tender looking bottom. Nappy rash. Don’t worry, most babies get nappy rash occasionally, especially if [...]
10 Simple But Effective Ways To Prevent Nappy Rash There are three major causes of nappy rash, the first being the nappy itself. Baby’s nappy area is kept covered for most of her baby-life – no wonder irritation occurs! The second cause is the urine and faeces which often [...]
Sister Lilian Centre’s Top Ten Tips For Life With A Baby Being a new parent can be daunting and the number of things you need to learn can seem to tower over you like a mountain. Mount Everest, no less… Relax, all new parents feel this way, and soon the many rewards [...]
How To Stop Your Child’s Whining Whining, whimpering, moaning, snivelling – there’s no pretty word for when children go on and on in a high pitched voice, repeating the same complaint over and over. Whining may not be as dramatic as tantrums or as harmful as bullying and biting, but most [...]
Help When Baby Won't Stop Crying At NightIt’s the middle of the night and Baby simply won’t stop crying. Your motherly side wants to comfort her and solve the problem, but your body just wants to go back to sleep. You’re getting desperate, thinking something serious must be wrong – [...]
What To Do If Your Breastfeeding Baby Has Jaundice Physiological or ‘normal’ jaundice is a common newborn condition that can be resolved precisely by breastfeeding effectively - it is mainly because of ineffective feeding that breast babies seem to have more and prolonged jaundice! This is because lower intake [...]
What Is Normal For Breast And Formula Milk Babies' Bowel Motions? People often joke that all babies do is eat, sleep, and poo! Although not talked about as much as the other two, what’s going on in Baby’s nappy can be a source of stress for new moms. So, [...]
Welcoming Your Preemie Home Finally, you can take your preemie home! Your first response is…panic! Is that normal? Many parents worry about handling their very little bundles of joy by themselves. Relax, you’ll cope as well as any parents of newborns – by the time Baby is ready to [...]
Sister Lilian Centre’s Basic Sleep Recipe The problem with developing a sleep recipe is that babies and toddlers are completely different from one another… it’s almost impossible to develop an actual sleep recipe. Instead, you need to build up your own flexible, kind, realistic routine around your child’s own natural [...]
